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County moves to modernize outdoor warning system controller, not sirens
Summary
Emergency Management staff said the county's outdoor warning siren VHF controller is at end of life and recommended spending grant funds to migrate controllers to an Essex-based system; supervisors noted municipalities own their own sirens and the county's action covers unincorporated areas only.
Emergency Management (Shannon Prado, voice 3) asked the board to approve spending grant funds to replace the outdoor warning system controller and migrate to an Essex system for better reliability. Shannon explained the county uses VHF controllers that are at end of life and that the contract covers the controller technology allowing the county to 'tell the siren to go up' but would not replace the physical siren units themselves.
Board members asked clarifying questions about costs and ownership: municipalities own their own sirens and will be responsible for their own transitions, while the county covers unincorporated-area sirens. The board approved the controller mitigation step as part of the broader migration to the new system.
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